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road test

Definition of road test

noun

  • a test of the performance of a vehicle or engine on the road: our March 1995 road test of this vehicle
  • a test of equipment carried out under actual operating conditions.

verb

  • (road-test) [with object] test (a vehicle or engine) on the road: Ford is currently road-testing this engine in the Fiesta
  • try out (something) under actual operating conditions for review or prior to purchase or release:we road-tested a new laptop computer

road test in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of road test in the US English dictionary
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